![Portrait of James Jacques Joseph Tissot](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/tissot000.jpg)
James Jacques Joseph Tissot Painting Reproductions 3 of 5
1836-1902
French Victorian Neoclassicism Painter
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (October 15, 1836 - August 8, 1902) was a French painter.
Tissot was born at Nantes. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ingres, Flandrin and Lamothe, and exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time at the age of twenty-three. In 1861 he showed The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite, which was purchased by the state for the Luxembourg Gallery. His first characteristic period made him a painter of the charms of women. Demi-mondaine would be more accurate as a description of the series of studies which he called La Femme a Paris.
He fought in the Franco-Prussian War, and, falling under suspicion as a Communard, left Paris for London. Here he studied etching with Sir Seymour Haden, drew caricatures for Vanity Fair, and painted portraits as well as genre subjects.
Sometime in the 1870s Tissot met a divorcee, Mrs. Kathleen Newton, who became his companion and the model for many of his paintings. Mrs. Newton moved into Tissot's household in 1876 and lived with him until her suicide in the late stages of consumption in 1882 at the age of 28.
It was many years before he turned to the chief labor of his career - the production of a series of 700 water-color drawings to illustrate the life of Christ and the Old Testament. He disappeared from Paris, whither he had returned after the death of Kathleen Newton, and went to Palestine. In 1896 the series of 350 drawings of incidents in the life of Christ was exhibited in Paris, and the following year found them on show in London. They were then published by the firm of Lemercier in Paris, who had paid him 1,100,000 francs for them. (Over 500 related drawings, watercolors and oils are now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.)
After this he turned to the scenes of the Old Testament, upon which he was still engaged at the abbey of Buillon, in the department of Doubs, France, when he died.
The merits of Tissot's Bible illustrations lay rather in the care with which he studied the details of scenery than in any quality of religious emotion. He seemed to aim, above all, at accuracy, and, in his figures, at a vivid realism, which was far removed from the conventional treatment of sacred types.
Tissot was born at Nantes. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ingres, Flandrin and Lamothe, and exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time at the age of twenty-three. In 1861 he showed The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite, which was purchased by the state for the Luxembourg Gallery. His first characteristic period made him a painter of the charms of women. Demi-mondaine would be more accurate as a description of the series of studies which he called La Femme a Paris.
He fought in the Franco-Prussian War, and, falling under suspicion as a Communard, left Paris for London. Here he studied etching with Sir Seymour Haden, drew caricatures for Vanity Fair, and painted portraits as well as genre subjects.
Sometime in the 1870s Tissot met a divorcee, Mrs. Kathleen Newton, who became his companion and the model for many of his paintings. Mrs. Newton moved into Tissot's household in 1876 and lived with him until her suicide in the late stages of consumption in 1882 at the age of 28.
It was many years before he turned to the chief labor of his career - the production of a series of 700 water-color drawings to illustrate the life of Christ and the Old Testament. He disappeared from Paris, whither he had returned after the death of Kathleen Newton, and went to Palestine. In 1896 the series of 350 drawings of incidents in the life of Christ was exhibited in Paris, and the following year found them on show in London. They were then published by the firm of Lemercier in Paris, who had paid him 1,100,000 francs for them. (Over 500 related drawings, watercolors and oils are now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.)
After this he turned to the scenes of the Old Testament, upon which he was still engaged at the abbey of Buillon, in the department of Doubs, France, when he died.
The merits of Tissot's Bible illustrations lay rather in the care with which he studied the details of scenery than in any quality of religious emotion. He seemed to aim, above all, at accuracy, and, in his figures, at a vivid realism, which was far removed from the conventional treatment of sacred types.
117 Joseph Tissot Paintings
![The Captain's Daughter, 1873 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot049.jpg)
The Captain's Daughter 1873
Oil Painting
$3005
$3005
Canvas Print
$63.46
$63.46
SKU: JTS-1432
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 72.3 x 104.7 cm
City Art Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 72.3 x 104.7 cm
City Art Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
![The Last Evening, 1873 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot050.jpg)
The Last Evening 1873
Oil Painting
$4662
$4662
Canvas Print
$64.67
$64.67
SKU: JTS-1433
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 72.4 x 102.8 cm
Guildhall Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 72.4 x 102.8 cm
Guildhall Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
![An Interesting Story, 1872 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot051.jpg)
An Interesting Story 1872
Oil Painting
$3298
$3298
Canvas Print
$58.60
$58.60
SKU: JTS-1434
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 59.7 x 76.6 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 59.7 x 76.6 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
![Bad News, The Parting, 1872 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot052.jpg)
Bad News, The Parting 1872
Oil Painting
$2053
$2053
SKU: JTS-1435
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
![Autumn on the Thames (Nuneham Courtney), c.1875 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot053.jpg)
Autumn on the Thames (Nuneham Courtney) c.1875
Oil Painting
$1662
$1662
SKU: JTS-1436
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![On the Thames - A Heron, c.1871/72 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot054.jpg)
On the Thames - A Heron c.1871/72
Oil Painting
$1982
$1982
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-1437
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 92.7 x 60.3 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 92.7 x 60.3 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA
![Young Lady with a Fan, c.1870/71 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot056.jpg)
Young Lady with a Fan c.1870/71
Oil Painting
$1755
$1755
Canvas Print
$68.35
$68.35
SKU: JTS-1439
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 78.7 x 58.4 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 78.7 x 58.4 cm
Private Collection
![Captain Frederick Gustavus Burnaby, 1870 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot057.jpg)
Captain Frederick Gustavus Burnaby 1870
Oil Painting
$1470
$1470
Canvas Print
$70.35
$70.35
SKU: JTS-1440
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 49.5 x 56.7 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 49.5 x 56.7 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
![Young Women Looking at Japanese Objects, c.1869/70 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot058.jpg)
Young Women Looking at Japanese Objects c.1869/70
Oil Painting
$1335
$1335
SKU: JTS-1441
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Stairs (The Staircase), 1869 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot059.jpg)
The Stairs (The Staircase) 1869
Oil Painting
$1537
$1537
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-1442
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 50.8 x 35.6 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 50.8 x 35.6 cm
Private Collection
![At the Rifle Range, 1869 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot060.jpg)
At the Rifle Range 1869
Oil Painting
$2219
$2219
SKU: JTS-1443
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
The National Trust, Wimpole Hall, United Kingdom
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
The National Trust, Wimpole Hall, United Kingdom
![The Fireplace, c.1869 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot061.jpg)
The Fireplace c.1869
Oil Painting
$2576
$2576
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-1444
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Young Women Looking at Japanese Objects, 1869 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot062.jpg)
Young Women Looking at Japanese Objects 1869
Oil Painting
$3287
$3287
Canvas Print
$53.21
$53.21
SKU: JTS-1445
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 70.5 x 50.2 cm
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, USA
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 70.5 x 50.2 cm
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, USA
![In the Greenhouse, c.1867/69 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot063.jpg)
In the Greenhouse c.1867/69
Oil Painting
$1620
$1620
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-1446
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 73.4 x 43.2 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 73.4 x 43.2 cm
Private Collection
![In Church, c1865/69 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot065.jpg)
In Church c1865/69
Oil Painting
$1662
$1662
SKU: JTS-1448
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Young Lady Holding Japanese Objects, 1865 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot066.jpg)
Young Lady Holding Japanese Objects 1865
Oil Painting
$1560
$1560
SKU: JTS-1449
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Spring, 1865 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot067.jpg)
Spring 1865
Oil Painting
$2637
$2637
Canvas Print
$66.35
$66.35
SKU: JTS-1450
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 90.1 x 127 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 90.1 x 127 cm
Private Collection
![Young Woman in a Red Jacket, 1864 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot068.jpg)
Young Woman in a Red Jacket 1864
Oil Painting
$1777
$1777
Canvas Print
$60.10
$60.10
SKU: JTS-1451
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 124 x 99.5 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 124 x 99.5 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects, 1869 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot070.jpg)
Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects 1869
Oil Painting
$1731
$1731
SKU: JTS-1453
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Marguerite in Church, c.1860 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot071.jpg)
Marguerite in Church c.1860
Oil Painting
$2103
$2103
Canvas Print
$50.04
$50.04
SKU: JTS-1454
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 50 x 75 cm
National Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 50 x 75 cm
National Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
![During the Service (Martin Luther's Doubts), 1860 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot072.jpg)
During the Service (Martin Luther's Doubts) 1860
Oil Painting
$2169
$2169
SKU: JTS-1455
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Portrait De Femme A L'Eventail, n.d. by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot073.jpg)
Portrait De Femme A L'Eventail n.d.
Oil Painting
$1539
$1539
SKU: JTS-1456
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Faust and Marguerite in the Garden, 1861 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot074.jpg)
Faust and Marguerite in the Garden 1861
Oil Painting
$2313
$2313
SKU: JTS-1457
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![July: Specimen of a Portrait (Sea-Side), c.1878 by Joseph Tissot | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot/paintings-lg/tissot075.jpg)
July: Specimen of a Portrait (Sea-Side) c.1878
Oil Painting
$2077
$2077
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: JTS-1458
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 86.2 x 60 cm
Private Collection
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Original Size: 86.2 x 60 cm
Private Collection